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someone with informed and discriminating judgment, especially in matters or art, literature or taste
SYN: expert, authority, specialist, pundit, savant, maven, devotee, dufge, critic, arbiter, cognoscenti
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| who who is ardently devoted to something |
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| persons who have superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, esp. in the fine arts, literature, and world of fashion |
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collective uniformity or opinion; general agreement in feeling of belief
SYN: unanimity, like-mindedness, concord, harmony, accord, unity, concurrence
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| an agreement between person and group |
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to analyze, explain, interpret, or understand
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complete or perfect in the highest degree, to bring to completion or perfection
SYN: superlative, supreme, transcendent, surpassing, matchless, finished, total, masterful, virtuoso, clinch, conclude
ANT: medicre, indifferent, run-of-the-mill, ordinary, inept, incompetent, inadequate, begin, start, initiate, launch |
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| pertaining to a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field |
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large in number or quantity, full
SYN: abundant, plentiful, ample, bountiful, bounteous, profuse, lavish, numerous, extensive, comprehensive
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| abundant, in great amount |
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| using or giving i a large amount |
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| of large scope; covering or involving much |
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| deficiancy in quantity or quality |
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fat and bulky
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to confirm the truth or accuracy of
SNY: verify, substantiate, support, back up, bear out
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| to refute by evidence or argument |
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advice secured through consultation
an advisor, especially a legal adviser
to advise or recommend as a course of action
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the ability to inspire belief or trust
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| having appearance of truth or reason |
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a standard or principle on which to base a judgement or decision
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at a point that will determine the final outcome, of supreme importance
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at fault, blameworty
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| sinning, guilty of moral offense |
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to shorten or reduce
SYN: abridge, abbreviate, truncate, lessen, diminish, cut short, cut back, dock, pare down, trim
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| to shorten by cutting off a party |
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inclined to doubt or deny the virtuousness or honesty of human motives, sneering bitter or negative
SYN:skeptical, suspicious, doubtful, pressimistic, misanthropic, derisive, scornful, caustic, sardonic, acerbic
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neatly and stylishly dressed
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| a girl who is regarded as dull |
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a flaw or shortcoming
to desert one country, cause or like for another
SYN: blemish, fault, imperfection, weakness, failiing, bug, kink, abandon, forsake, bolt, disown, abjure |
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to reject as having no authority or binding force
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to put off or postpone
to yield courteously to the wishes or judgments of someone else
SYN: delat, table, shelve, bow, accede
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| to pospone a consideration |
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in very low spirit
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| showing hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom |
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to skrike out or remove
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to make an accurate line drawing or diagram of, to portray or describe in detail
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neglectfuly of a duty or obligation, seriously overdue
a person who fails to perform a duty, an offender
SYN: remiss, derelict, negligent, owing, outstanding, unsettled, scofflaw, malefactor, wrongdoer
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to mislead or deceive
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modest and reserved in dress, manner or behavior
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| Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner |
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| characterized by dignified conduct |
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| pleasing in appearance, handsome |
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| smartly trim, as clothing |
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the point at which the plot of a novel or drama is finally resolved, the outsome or solution of a complex sequence of events
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shifting from one thing to another without reason or purpose
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| having no certain or definite course; wandering |
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to move away from what is normal
a person who differs markedly in behavior, belief or attitude from what is accepted as normal or proper
SYN: diverge, veer, swerve, stray, wander, ramble, digress, nonconformist, maverick, oddba, heretic
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empty lacking in
SYN: destitute ofm bereft of, wanting in, deficient in, barren in
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deeply religious, earnest, or sincere
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| having or showing little ardor, zeal, or enthusiasm; indifferent |
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skillful in using one's hands or mind, clever
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